Corrected entry: Near the end of the movie, the robot child David blows out the candles of the cake he baked with his mother, recently cloned by the "aliens". The fact that David has no lungs is made clear earlier in the film when he needs surgery after eating. (02:14:15)
Twotall
10th Dec 2005
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
21st Jul 2004
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Corrected entry: Before Martin's father is allowed to take home David, he is explained the careful selection process that Cybertech had to go through to make him the ideal candidate to be the first one to adopt and test-market it (reasonable - this is a process all companies observe when a new product is ready for test-marketing). Then what happens? The prototype "David" breaks from eating spinach, nearly injures Monica with scissors, nearly drowns Martin, and causes so much strain on the family that they had to dump him along the side of the road. Just a couple days later, David finds his way back to the company and we see a bunch of "David's" in boxes, ready to be sold, and dozens more being constructed. Any kind of manufacturing company that comes up with a new prototype of a new product takes very seriously the data obtained from the studies of those test-marketing the product. Given all the problems, especially the safety issues presented by the original David, there is no way the company would go ahead and manufacture more without putting some serious time into correcting these flaws.
Correction: The prototype David was with the family for some time before Martin came home, and was functioning optimally in that time. And all the other "problems" listed are because of Martin's jealousy and alienation of David, not David himself. From the company's view, David is functioning the way he should be, and the only element not factored into the calculation is sibling rivalry (which would not be much of a problem, since the Davids would be targeted towards childless families). Furthermore, the mass produced "Davids" we see later on may have been created differently with some corrections to these "problems", and not exactly like prototype David.
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Correction: So what? He is made to perfectly imitate human behaviour and bodily functions, including breath. A small nozzle in the back of his throat (for instance) would enable him to blow air out of his mouth, if he wanted to.
Twotall